Was asked what my practice rotation would ideally be. I said I'm open to all areas, but really like corporate, but wouldn't mind also doing some litigation work.
Interviewer looks at me with a weird face... pause....
Did I blow it? Mixing corporate with lit?
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Re: Did I Blow My Practice Area Question?
Generally firms want you to be solidly for one or the other.
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I hedged every CB and it didn't appear to hurt me. Most of my interviewers would respond with something like, "Yeah, I don't know how you would know what you want to do after one year in law school." Post-SA is a different story.zot1 wrote:Generally firms want you to be solidly for one or the other.
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Market?Anonymous User wrote:I hedged every CB and it didn't appear to hurt me. Most of my interviewers would respond with something like, "Yeah, I don't know how you would know what you want to do after one year in law school." Post-SA is a different story.zot1 wrote:Generally firms want you to be solidly for one or the other.
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There's hedging and there's what OP said. Saying, that you "really like corporate" without any real experience would be a hard sell for anyone. I said that my experience was all in litigation and I think that's where I see myself, but having not done much corporate work I couldn't say for sure. That's when I was met with: "Yeah, I don't know how you would know what you want to do after one year in law school."Anonymous User wrote:I hedged every CB and it didn't appear to hurt me. Most of my interviewers would respond with something like, "Yeah, I don't know how you would know what you want to do after one year in law school." Post-SA is a different story.zot1 wrote:Generally firms want you to be solidly for one or the other.
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